Analysis of nifH DNA and RNA reveals a disproportionate contribution to nitrogenase activities by rare plankton-associated diazotrophs

Analysis of nifH DNA and RNA reveals a disproportionate contribution to nitrogenase activities by rare plankton-associated diazotrophs

Abstract Background Holobionts comprising nitrogen-fixing diazotrophs and phytoplankton or zooplankton are ubiquitous in the pelagic sea. However, neither the community structure of plankton-associated diazotrophs (PADs) nor their nitrogenase transcriptional activity are well-understood. In this stu...

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Main Authors: Qing-Song Yang, Jun-De Dong, Manzoor Ahmad, Juan Ling, Wei-Guo Zhou, Ye-Hui Tan, Yuan-Zhou Zhang, Dan-Dan Shen, Yan-Ying Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Subjects:
Symbiosis
Nitrogen fixation
Presence-absence
Transcriptional activity
Dormancy
South China Sea
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12866-019-1565-9

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